Humanitarian assistance delivered to war-torn countries must help people adapt to climate change as well as provide for immediate basic needs, a Red Cross official has said. “We just can’t hand out food parcels,” Ms Dalton told The National. The issue came into sharp focus on Wednesday during Mena Climate Week, where a high-level panel discussed ways to deal with climate change in conflict-hit areas in the Middle East. The impact of conflictAccording to the ICRC, 60 per cent of the 25 countries most vulnerable to climate change were also affected by conflict. “We have to try … to help people in places affected by armed conflict mitigate or adapt to the impact of climate change,” she said.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 11, 2023 15:16 UTC